Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers reveal extra-pair parentage in a bird species: The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1331-1339

  Questiau, S ^a,b   Eybert, M C ^b   Taberlet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Exclusion probability; Extra pair parentage; Luscinia svecica; Mating system; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AVIAN GENETICS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; LUSCINIA SVECICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033179292     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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